Posted in: Video Games, Wii U

One of the most interesting features of the new Wii U console is the ability to play the game on the GamePad’s screen, away from TV: how this is achieved is up to each developer. In some cases there’s an option on the pause screen, in others you need to press the TV button on the Gamepad.

The feature is available at system level but developers need to implement the option themselves to have it work. Obviously for games that require two screens the option could be unavailable: in the end it’s up to each developer to optimize their games for this feature.

Now that the Wii U console is almost upon us, we finally have some more details on games that can be played on the Gamepad’s screen.
All Wii software including WiiWare and Virtual Console games is incompatible with the feature.
Here’s the list of all confirmed compatible games:

New Super Mario Bros. U

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Dragon Quest X

Assassins Creed III

Darksiders II

Mass Effect 3

Epic Mickey 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper

Scribblenauts Unlimited

Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition

Ninja Gaiden 3: Razors Edge

Rabbids Land

Skylanders Giants

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

Wii Fit U

Madden 13

FIFA 13

Rayman Legends

Toki Tori 2

Nano Assault Neo

Trine 2 Director’s Cut

Puddle

Built in system apps

Quite a good list so far: more confirmed details will be available as we approach the console release date, coming November 18.